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SierraWest recently released a Dolbeer Donkey in O scale. It looks awesome but I model in HO. Then going through my collection I realized I had one in HO from Rio Grande Models! I imediately started building it. While maybe not quite as good as the SW one I like how it turned out. If I were to do another one I could do even better because I learned a few things.

Construction Photographs
The boiler with attached parts. I learned a lot more about how donkeys work. Boy are those parts small!

8/25/07

Completed donkey before weathering.

8/25/07

Finished! The picture below is shown with a sepia tone effect.

8/26/07